Cushion for packing goods.



No. 669,349. Patented Mar. 5, IBM.

' F. B. READ.

CUSHION F08 PACKING 60008;

(Application filed Nov. 23, 1900.)

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WITNESSES //v VENTOH I frail fl dead UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK BROCKWAY READ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CUSHION FOR PACKING GOODS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 669,349, dated March 5, 1901.

Application filed November 23, 1900. Serial No. 37,478. (No model.)

To on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK BROCKWAY READ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New. York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cushions for Packing Goods,of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to cushions or inside covers, such as are used in packing fruit and other goods, and has for its object to-provide a strong, efficient, and durable article of the above-indicated class.

The invention will be f ully described hereinafter and the features of novelty pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure l is a plan of my improved cushion with parts broken away, and Fig. 2 is a crosssection thereof on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention I employ a piece of corrugated pasteboard or like material A of appropriate shape to fit into the case, barrel, or other receptacle into which the goods are to be packedfor instance, circular, as shown, when intended for use in a barrel, as for packing apples. On one side the corrugations are exposed, and this side is placed outermost in use. On the other side the corrugations are covered by a substantially plane sheet of paper or cardboard B, forming a facing, which extends to the edge of the corrugated body A. To the edge of the-sheet B is connected, as by pasting, the edge of another sheet or cover 0, of paper or like material, bulged out at its central portion to form a pocket for the reception of ayielding filling D, which may consist of excelsior.

In packing a barrel of apples the apples are first put in the barrel, and when the latter is nearly full the hereinbefore-described cushion is placed -on top with the sheet O downward-that is, in contact with the appleswhereupon the cover or head is fastened in position. The cushion by,its elasticity yields enough to prevent a damaging or marring of the fruit by the pressure of the barrel-head, yet at the same time holds the goods with sufficient firmness to keep them from shaking and rattling.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent '1. A cushion for packing purposes, consisting of a body corrugated on both sides, asubstantially plane facing extending over the corrugations on one side of said body, and a yielding pad on the side of the facing opp0- site to that on which the corrugated body is situated.

2. A cushion for packing purposes, consisting of a body corrugated on both sides, a substantially plane facing extending over the corrugations on one side of said body, a cover connected with the edge of said facing, but spaced therefrom at its central portion, forming a pocket with the facing, and a yielding filling in said pocket. v

3. A cushion for packing purposes, consisting of a body corrugated on both sides, and a yielding pad on one of said corrugated sides.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK BROCKWAY READ.

Witnesses:

M. T. .OoNBoY, H. A. READ. 

